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Silent Witness: History - Part Two (2022)
Where is the Sam Ryan I know??
I was so excited to hear Amanda Burton was reprising her role of Sam Ryan. But her return has been nothing like I thought it would be. Yes, Amanda Burton is brilliant as always. But this Sam is not one I recognise at all. I have watched all Amanda's episodes many times. I know people do change to some extent but I just can't equate this person I'm seeing to the Sam Ryan I know. I feel the writers have changed her and tainted her character for me.
Also, Nikki's connection to Tom felt so false. It came out of the blue - we've known her all this time, and we're suddenly supposed to believe this is her backstory and it was just never mentioned? Felt like it had just been crowbarred in to give her a connection to him.
This series so far has a very different feel to others series and sadly I don't think it's worked. The actors are all great, but the storylines and writers have let them down here in my opinion.
McDonald & Dodds (2020)
Give me Dodds without McDonald and I'd watch
It sounded so promising - a detective drama set in Bath, the always wonderful Jason Watkins - but sadly this drama fell short due to the terrible acting by the female lead. Even though I was interested to see what happened, I couldn't make it all the way through the first episode because the character of McDonald was so awful and the acting so wooden. Give me Dodds on his own and I'd watch!